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phpbb portal. which one to choose?

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by king_cobra, Sep 20, 2005.

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    Any experiences with the various portal systems availbale for phpbb? i am considering IM Portal, easySite, and ezPortal for phpbb. which one should i choose? :confused:
     
    king_cobra, Sep 20, 2005 IP
  2. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    Cobra ...

    In my opinion none. :)

    I would go on a small CMS, for starters, if you don't like complicated things.

    After that you could go to a Mambo or Drupal ?
     
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    Mambo is not SE friendly. Also, i dont want to have a full fledged CMS for now. I viewed the demo of the portals i listed and as u said none is up to the mark. now i think i will go for wordpress with a mod to display forum topics in the index.
     
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    Mambo is the best CMS in the world, if we're speaking "SE friendly". You just have to overcome the obstacles some didn't :)

    This is one of my personal websites, built on Mambo platform:

    www.xperts.ro

    Check the URL's, check the pathway (breadcrumbs), check title, meta description :)
     
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    For PHPBB the first one I used is EZportal it is simple and basic...
    Since then I have been using mkportal for several sites.. It does have some limitations but I have made several of my own modifications to help over come thoughs...

    Works well for me with phpbb.. I can set up a new custom site in pretty short order with mkportal and phpbb... It is not as full-fledged as something like mambo, but mambo and phpbb don't really work that well together...

    Mkportal works with smf, phpbb, vbulletin and some others....
     
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    expertu, Well, ur site is cool with mambo. i had a look at it. its SE friendly. I dint check the XHTML validity. but looks clean and neat, though i cudnt understand the language. thanks for the integration link too.

    aeiouy, i am out of my mind from phpbb portals. everything is clean there and well integrated, but doesnt leave me much options a CMS can offer me, like my own news and articles in the homepage. the site is basically a forum driven website, and thats y i dint go for some ready made CMS system. Anyway, i will stick out with my wordpress plans for home page.
     
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    From my admittedly limited experience with Mambo, it sometimes seems to have problems integrating with phpBB forum software... the link you provided, expertu, seems to bear that impression out. :confused:
     
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    They are working on this Minstrel. Mambo developers and PhpBB together.
     
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    Okay. File under "Not yet ready for prime time"?
     
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    There are a lot of integrations. User systems and all. They are all great.

    I guess, like all software in the world, there are bugs. But can't live without them. :)
     
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    Yeah just having messed with a lot of systems... I don't think I am up for the potential issues mambo presents... Plus it is a bit overkill for what I normally need... I am tempted to mess around with it on a future site with phpbb but I don't want to kludge it together.

    Plus now that I have used mkportal for several sites I am really comfortable with the entire structure and know how it pretty much works... so I had to give up that level of comfort.

    I would rather spend my time and energies, at least right now, on customizing sites instead of just getting the basic framework going.

    But thanks for the link, I will keep my eye on things.
     
    aeiouy, Sep 23, 2005 IP